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Sun dog unleashed over eastern horizon Wednesday morning

Photo courtesy of Adrian Hubele
Photo courtesy of Adrian Hubele

Those looking east Wednesday morning as the sun rose were treated to an atmospheric event known as a sun dog.

A sun dog, or parhelion, creates the illusion of three suns in the sky. It is caused when sunlight is refracted  by ice crystals in certain high-atmosphere cloud types.

Adrian Hubele submitted an image of the event to Salina Post. Click on the image for a larger view.

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